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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Blake Bortles to start vs. Titans

NFL, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles will start in Thursday night's game against Tennessee at EverBank Field.

Bortles worked out on the field between 4 and 5 p.m. and coach Gus Bradley, general manager David Caldwell, and team medical personnel were happy with the way he was moving around on his sprained right foot and pronounced him fit to face the Titans.

Bortles suffered the injury during the Jaguars' 20-12 loss at Baltimore last Sunday. It came when he was chased down by linebackers Pernell McPhee and Terrell Suggs for a 10-yard loss midway through the fourth quarter. That was the seventh time Bortles was sacked. He limped off the field but remained in the game and was sacked once more on the Jaguars' final drive.

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Bortles has thrown for 2,676 yards and 10 touchdowns with 17 interceptions and needs just 143 yards and four touchdown passes to surpass Bryon Leftwich's rookie records in those categories. Leftwich threw for 2,819 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2003.

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